Trichodactylidae

Trichodactylidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Trichodactyloidea
H. Milne-Edwards, 1835
Family: Trichodactylidae

Trichodactylidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Trichodactyloidea. They are all freshwater animals from Central and South America,[2] including some offshore islands, such as Ilhabela, São Paulo.[3] Only one of the 50 species is known from the fossil record, Sylviocarcinus piriformis from the Miocene of Colombia.[4] The family contains 15 genera in two subfamilies:[5]

Subfamily Dilocarcininae Pretzmann, 1978
  • Bottiella Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
  • Dilocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Forsteria Bott, 1969
  • Fredilocarcinus Pretzmann, 1978
  • Goyazana Bott, 1969
  • Melocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
  • Moreirocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
  • Poppiana Bott, 1969
  • Rotundovaldivia Pretzmann, 1968
  • Sylviocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Valdivia White, 1847
  • Zilchiopsis Bott, 1969
Subfamily Trichodactylinae H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Avotrichodactylus Pretzmann, 1968
  • Rodriguezia Bott, 1969
  • Trichodactylus Latreille, 1829

References

  1. ↑ "Trichodactylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Bianca L. Zimmermann, Analde W. Aued, Stela Machado, Dalara Manfio, Lauran P. Scarton & Sandro Santos (2009). "Behavioral repertory of Trichodactylus panoplus (Crustacea: Trichodactylidae) under laboratory conditions)" (PDF). Zoologia. 26 (1): 5–11.
  3. ↑ E. C. Mossolin & F. L. Mantelatto (2008). "Taxonomic and distributional results of a freshwater crab fauna survey (Family Trichodactylidae) on São Sebastião Island (Ilhabela), South Atlantic, Brazil" (PDF). Acta Limnologica Brasiliensis. 20 (2): 125–129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-31.
  4. ↑ "A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 244 (1): 71–78. 2007.
  5. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.


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